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Information on mayflies and their life stages is presented in Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi, The Mayfly Guide: Quick and Easy Steps to Identifying Nymphs, Duns, and Spinners (2009); and J.M. Elliott and U.H. Humpesch, Mayfly Larvae (Ephemeroptera) of Britain and Ireland: Keys and a Review of Their Ecology (2010). The mayflies of various parts of Europe are described in Ernst Bauernfeind and Tomáš Soldán (eds.), The Mayflies of Europe (Ephemeroptera) (2012); and Craig Macadam and Cyril Bennett, A Pictorial Guide to British Ephemeroptera (2010).
Key historical works on mayflies include G.F. Edmunds, Jr., “The Principles Applied in Determining the Hierarchic Level of the Higher Categories of Ephemeroptera,” Syst. Zool., 11:22–31 (1962), and “Biogeography and Evolution of Ephemeroptera,” A. Rev. Ent. (1972); and J.G. Needham, J.R. Traver, and Y.C. Hsu, The Biology of Mayflies (1935, reissued 1972).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fluctuation in the diversity of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemerida) as documented in the fossil record. | Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection - Ephemeroptera (PDF). | Apr 10, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Mayfly metamorphosis: Adult winged insects that molt. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Mayfly. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Mayflies. | Apr 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Fluctuation in the diversity of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemerida) as documented in the fossil record. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - What to Know About Mayflies. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Mayflies. | Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A and M Forest Service - Mayfly. | May 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Fluctuation in the diversity of mayflies (Insecta, Ephemerida) as documented in the fossil record. | Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University - General Entomology - Ephemeroptera. | Apr 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: PestWorld.org - Mayfly. | Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Wildlife Federation - Mayfly. | Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Mayfly. | Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Updated species count from 2,000 to 2,500 and updated information on proposed classification schemes for Ephemeroptera. | May 01, 2015 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | May 01, 2015 | ||
| Added a photo of the mayfly Ephemera vulgata. | May 01, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Mayfly. | Jun 28, 2013 | ||
| Updated geologic time data. | May 20, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Venture North.com - Shad. | Oct 31, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Margaret Fuller. | May 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Sarah Margaret Fuller. | Jan 08, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 29, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |